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| Picking candidates (in Potpourri) by Geoff Not word related, but..... I've firured out to pick the best political candied dates: Pick the one...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Attack of The Killer Hamburgers (in Potpourri) by GeoffAn AP headline: Ex-Texas cop charged for shooting teen eating hamburger... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri One right answer (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleHere's a question that I have just been asked by a Chinese colleague. She wants to know the best a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Perth - the candidates (in Wordplay) by haberdasher1. At a kid’s birthday party in Perth A clown who was lacking in mirth Told old jokes, not new That ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Fragmentary sentence in the NYT (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff"Not only do candidates of both major parties in the United States have starkly different views on t...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words What is a “person” under the law? (in Potpourri) by shufitzA tree? No. A driver crashed into a tree, and the tree’s owner sued seeking $15,000 for his pain an...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Sea change. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleFrom an ad I keep seeing in my FB feed. "Nanoscience is driving a major sea change in electronics." ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Eras (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleAn era ruled by Elizabeth is Elizabethan An era ruled by George is Georgian An era ruled by Edward i...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Beer, pubs and fuel prices. (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAssuming you haven't seen this on my FB. a sort of post about idioms. A few idioms come to mind ......... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri alilex (in Questions & Answers about Words) by KallehI play Words with Friends with my sister. I often check to see if I got the best word. In a recent...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Con (in Potpourri) by BobHaleOf course I love words, word puzzles, poetry, etymology and anything else connected with words. That...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri next limerick target: PERTH (in Wordplay) by haberdasher...as in Australia. PM me with your verses. (I'll be out of town much of next week so may not be ab...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Language and social class (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Bluffing game: Wherry (in Word Games) by GeoffWho or what is a wherry? PM your daffynitions - or the right one if you know it. Bob and Haberdash...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Word Games Well, duhhhhh... (in The Written Word) by GeoffFrom the local rag: Man charged in triple killing now accused of making death threats... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Feisty (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleHere's a language question that came up because of the current Tory leadership contest. Ben Wallace,...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words A lovely day in Wales (in Wordplay) by BobHale1 On the west edge of England is Wales With a Language Police that fills gaols It generates howls By...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay
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And you have been a DJ for how long? (in Potpourri) by zmježdI always thought the "B" in R & B stood for Blues which to my mind is not really the same thing as S...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri A poet for her generation (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI have just been reading about the controversy about Beyonce changing an offensive lyric in one of h...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Another terminoloy gripe (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Geoff"Air conditioning?" WHAT condition? Is it hotter, drier, denser, cooler, more humid? What's wrong...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Rotors (in Questions & Answers about Words) by GeoffI'm puzzled by the use of the above word by automobile parts sales people. Why to they now refer to...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Pity we have no New Zealanders on the board (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleI watched a New Zealand episode of The Apprentice and I have a word usage question that I don't thin...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words Repitition à la Hale (in Potpourri) by shufitzFriend Bob says elsewhere, ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Preposterous (in Potpourri) by BobHaleWhy doesn't "preposterous" just mean "now"?... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Limerick Game : Wales (in Wordplay) by BobHaleSo the winner of the game was Bob Hale's Who must choose the next place for your tales Will it be Ka...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay And you have been a DJ for how long? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleSomeone sent me a link to an episode of Weakest Link. (I don't know why.) The first question was "I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri The Envelope, Please / Rye (in Wordplay) by haberdasherSo - whom you voted for: 1. A Jolly Good Fellow from Rye (Which no one could ever deny) But with l...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay A good trick if you can do it (in Potpourri) by BobHaleYouTube recommendations just offered one from the BBC captioned "SAS Unit repeatedly killed Afghan d...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri An actual language question (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleI know there aren't many people around these days to weigh in with an opinion but I have a question ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words In space no one can hear you translate (in The Written Word) by BobHaleAs I do most of my viewing either on line or in the cinema these days I never get to see the bootleg...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Open to interpretation (in Potpourri) by BobHaleOne of the phrases beloved of Boris Johnson and used over and over in his tenure - to the extent tha...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Boris Johnson's Speech (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI have put this in The Written Word because he was reading out a prepared speech... a speech which I...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word sod all (in Questions & Answers about Words) by BobHaleI recently used the title phrase in a FB post. Then I wondered if it's used outside the Uk. Is it? (...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Questions & Answers about Words RYE limericks (in Wordplay) by haberdasherHere they are. Eleven submissions, four contributors. Thanks everybody! Pick your favorite(s): 1....... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay Peeving again (in The Written Word) by GeoffThis from Google news: " For more than a year, the White House has required reporters to RSVP for ev...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word If this doesn't BEET all! (in Potpourri) by GeoffGood news of a sort: ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri I am not certain who I am quoting... (in Potpourri) by BobHaleWithout going into specifics - because they are unnecessary - when I see 99% of the comments on the ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Not perfect (in Potpourri) by BobHaleAs you know I am a staunch defender of usage trumps everything but everyone has some bête noire that...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri So how do I send one of those? (in Potpourri) by BobHaleFrom the website of Britain's most popular talk radio station. "In text messages the disgraced te...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Trademarking the word “the” (in Potpourri) by shufitz...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Nothing to do with language but (in Potpourri) by BobHaleam I the only one who thinks one of the most evil and reviled men in America, price gouger Martin Sh...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI don't know how many of you have heard about the British Government's cunning plan to turn immigrat...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Tigger warning (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI was going to post in my trigger warning thread the rather silly question "Does Winnie the Pooh com...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri Caution: May contain trigger warnings (in Potpourri) by BobHaleI've just seen some posts complaining very stridently that a University gave a trigger warning to a...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Potpourri New Limerick target, he said with a smile (in Wordplay) by haberdasherWe seem to do best with the simple names. [size:14]RYE[/size] ...a city in New York, also a town o...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay lie vs. lay (in The Written Word) by KallehWritten on a gravestone: Here Lies (NOT "Lays") Billee Woody Robbins Reed English Teacher June 3...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Parsing the Second Amendment (in The Written Word) by bethree5I’m one of the regular commenters on Diane Ravitch’s blog, where the discussions revolve around publ...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > The Written Word Do women know how to curse? (in Wordplay) by shufitzThe greatest error ever erred Is a nice girl with a naughty word. For naughty words I hold no brie...... Wordcraft Home Page > Wordcraft Community Home Page > Forums > Wordplay A Song For The Jubilee (in The Written Word) by BobHaleI'm sure anyone British who writes poems or songs will have had a go at something for the jubilee. I...... 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